Hewlett-Packard:
- One million-square-foot, four-building campus located in San Diego, CA
- The San Diego campus houses 1,500 employees who are involved in research and development and a printer production line.
Needs:
- The facility needs to conform to California government regulations and other state building codes requiring more energy efficient buildings.
Square D/Schneider Electric Meet Needs:
- In the spring of 2001, 25 existing lighting panels were retrofitted with Square D Powerlink® panels and integrated with the building automation system so personnel could control the lighting circuit breakers of the entire campus.
- Having the unique ability to readily retrofit the Powerlink panels into the existing panelboard tubs minimized the upfront labor and installation cost.
- Ability to comply with utility demands to shed load at a moment’s notice is an important benefit to Hewlett-Packard.
Benefits to Hewlett-Packard:
- Saving 20% of an average 4 megawatt load at any given time.
- The Powerlink system has given a better general control of the load for conservation and for demand reductions with the utilities.
- Can now work better with the utilities to identify additional opportunities for energy savings incentives.
Ken Busby, Hewlett-Packard electrical engineer, reports, “The Powerlink system, with its individually controllable remotely operated circuit breakers, gave me the flexibility I was looking for in establishing lighting zones. It met the need and it offered the quickest payback of any system we evaluated. We didn’t have to fuss with mounting separate relay cabinets and all the associated wiring. We saved a ton on installation time, space, and money.” |
